Lana Lopesi is an author, art critic, editor and multidisciplinary researcher from Tāmaki Makaurau. She is currently Assistant Professor Pacific Islander Studies in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. Since 2012 Lana has published extensively on New Zealand art and culture in local and international publications. Lana published her first book, False Divides (BWB Texts), in 2018, followed by Bloody Woman (Bridget Williams Books) in 2021. Her co-edited volumes include Transits and Returns (Vancouver Art Gallery; Institute of Modern Art) and Pacific Spaces: Translations and Transmutations (Berghahn Books).